Demographic variation within spatially structured reef fish populations: When are larger-bodied subpopulations more important?

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-65

  Kritzer, Jacob P ^a,b   Davies, Campbell R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic size; Dispersal; Growth; Recruitment variability; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

FISH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT; REEF; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 9644255789     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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